Joke of the Day, 2/7/08

A Texan walked into a pub in Ireland and said, “I hear you Irish like to drink. I bet you 500 American dollars that no one in here can drink ten pints of Guinness back-to-back.”

The room grew silent, and no one took the offer. One man even left.

30 minutes later, the guy who left comes back and taps the Texan on the shoulder. “Is your offer still good?”

The Texan nods and the bartender lines up 10 pints. Immediately the Irishman tears into them, downing one after another after another as the patrons cheer. In a few minutes, all were empty, and the others in the bar cheered as the Texan sat amazed. Handing the Irishman $500, he said, “If you don’t mind me askin’, where’d you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?”

The Irishman replied, “Oh, I just went to the pub down the street to see if I could really do it.”